HOUSTON, Dec. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Cabot Oil & Gas
Corporation (NYSE: COG) today announced the election of Ms.
Dorothy M. Ables and Mr.
Robert S. Boswell to its Board of
Directors, effective immediately. The addition of Ms. Ables
and Mr. Boswell to the Board will bring the total to seven
directors, with six qualifying as independent directors.
Ms. Ables is Chief Administrative Officer of Spectra Energy
Corp, a position she has held since 2008 having been promoted from
Vice President, Audit Services and Chief Ethics and Compliance
Officer. She has held positions of increasing
responsibility during her 30 years at Spectra Energy and
predecessor companies including Vice President, Audit Services and
Chief Compliance Officer at Duke Energy and Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer for Duke Energy Gas Transmission.
She also serves on the Board of Directors for Spectra
Energy's publicly traded master limited partnership, Spectra Energy
Partners. Ms. Ables has a BBA in Accounting from The
University of Texas at Austin.
Mr. Boswell is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Laramie
Energy II, LLC, a privately held oil and gas exploration and
production company headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Laramie Energy II, LLC was
formed in June 2007, after the sale
of its predecessor company, Laramie Energy I, and conducts its
operations solely in the Piceance Basin of western Colorado through its subsidiary, Piceance
Energy, LLC. Prior to starting Laramie I in 2004, he was
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Forest Oil Corporation, a
public exploration and production company that eventually merged
with privately-held Sabine Oil & Gas LLC in 2014. Prior
to his fourteen years with Forest Oil, Mr. Boswell spent most of
his career with Adams Affiliates as Chief Financial Officer and
ultimately as its Chief Operating Officer and President. He
has a BE in Chemical Engineering, Magna Cum Laude, from
Vanderbilt University and an MBA from
The University of Texas. Mr. Boswell is currently a director
of Enerflex Ltd., a Canadian public company that manufactures and
sells natural gas transmission and process equipment
worldwide.
"I am extremely pleased to be able to add two high caliber
individuals to our Board who will provide critical knowledge to the
Company from their vast backgrounds," stated Dan O. Dinges, Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer. "Dorothy brings tremendous insight in the
midstream space at a time when the development of natural gas
infrastructure throughout the United
States, especially in the Northeast, is most critical for
our path forward." Dinges added, "Bob brings a significant level of
expertise and an in-depth understanding of oil and gas operations
to Cabot's Board. His addition to the Board is particularly
timely with the scheduled 2016 retirement of Robert Keiser who has provided operations
insight to the Board since February
2006."
Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, headquartered in Houston, Texas, is a leading independent
natural gas producer with its entire resource base located in the
continental United States. For additional information, visit
the Company's homepage at www.cabotog.com.
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